{"id":2991,"date":"2017-03-03T12:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2017-03-03T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T12:38:28","slug":"employment-tribunal-rules-on-pension-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/?p=2991","title":{"rendered":"Employment tribunal rules on pension scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal has ruled that the government\u2019s transitional pension arrangements for the 2015 Firefighter\u2019s Pension Scheme did not discriminate on the grounds of age, sex or race.<\/p>\n<p>The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said it will now work with its legal team to consider the reasons given for the judgement and then decide whether or not to take the case to an Employment Appeal Tribunal.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Andy Fittes, General Secretary of the Police Federation of England and Wales, said: \u201cWe note the outcome of this tribunal and need to look at the judgement in detail as well as wait to hear whether there will be an appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-spacing supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-2 counter-standard without-counter googleplus\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Google+\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsypfcopperconnection.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2991\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url={url}\" data-nid=\"3\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2991\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-google-plus\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-2 counter-standard without-counter linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&title=Employment+tribunal+rules+on+pension+scheme&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsypfcopperconnection.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2991\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&title={title}&url={url}\" data-nid=\"13\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2991\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-linkedin\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-2 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsypfcopperconnection.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2991\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2991\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-2 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsypfcopperconnection.co.uk%2F%3Fp%3D2991&text=Employment+tribunal+rules+on+pension+scheme\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"2991\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sypfcopperconnection.co.uk\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EMPLOYMENT tribunal has ruled that the government\u2019s transitional pension arrangements for the 2015 Firefighter\u2019s Pension Scheme did not discriminate on the grounds of age, sex or race. 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